The role of advertising in the whole gamut of the industry cannot be over-looked, but the ingenuity of creative persons had been relegated to the back ground over years; Reason, top management staff, particularly Managing Directors take the credit for a job welldone.

Tolaram Charity Foundation, (TCF), a non-profit charitable organisation has commissioned a Limb Centre known as Ishk, to provide fully functional custom-made prosthetic limb for individuals who lost legs during accidents, birth defects or other causes.

AN undergraduate of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Mr. Ugonna Simon, has won N1million in the ongoing MTN FIFA 2010 World Cup quiz.

Executives of the Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to newly elected President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange [NSE], Alhaji Aliko Dangote, where they offered resolute support to his presidency of the Exchange.

GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo has called on commercial banks to relax their agricultural loan conditions to enable more farmers benefit from the federal government’s N200 billion Agricultural Intervention Fund. Ohakim, who made the call in Owerri on Saturday at a forum organised for farmers in the state, said unless the conditions were relaxed, most small-scale farmers would not access the fund.

ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s textile industry, has warned that despite government efforts at raising the textile industry revival fund from N70 billion to N100 billion or even N500 billion, there cannot be real industrial revival if the issues of power and smuggling are not urgently addressed..

IN every negative situation, there is always something positive to gain from it. Climate change, which usually refers to changes in modern climate, has become a very big issue with world governments, especially in the developed world.

LAGOS State government in its quest to bring development to the door steps of the people and free some part of the state for further development has introduced some local taxes. One of these taxes is the consumption tax which is aimed at replacing the earlier sales tax which has become a subject of litigation.

I KNOW someone, an IT guy, who worked for a small company where he felt he was underappreciated. For the past year, he was stealing from them left and right. He’d tweak something on a laptop or other expensive piece of electronic equipment, and then show/tell his boss it wasn’t working. Boss would tell him to order a new one and scrap the old one.

Some countries are obviously handling the economic meltdown better than others. One good example is the sudden and gradual exodus of companies from Nigeria to Ghana.

Leading mobile operator, Zain Nigeria has said its network is robust enough to support all the new consumers offer being introduced by the company.

Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLC) western zone, has called for the suspension of further elections into the Union’s chapter due to the crisis that led to the aborted election in April 2009. This is to stop further crisis and ensure good atmosphere during elections.

Vitamalt Plc has splashed brand new Foton vans, refurbished Toyota Hilux vans, tricycle, deep freezers, plasma Tvs’, microwave ovens, standing fans and wall clocks in its nationwide trade contest among its distributors that met certain categories of sales target between December 2008 and February 2009.

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Equity trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was driven by massive activity in the shares of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, accounting for 65.09 per cent of the market turnover.